Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female albino.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A female albino.
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- noun archaic A
female albino .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I saw an albiness in London once, for six-pence, (including the inspection of a stuffed boa-constrictor,) who looked as if she had been boiled in milk.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various
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On the other hand, a widow, even if she be an albiness, can be represented only by the queen of spades.
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I saw an albiness in London once, for sixpence, (including the inspection of a stuffed boa-constrictor,) who looked as if she had been boiled in milk.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I saw an albiness in London once, for sixpence, (including the inspection of a stuffed boa-constrictor,) who looked as if she had been boiled in milk.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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